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Title of the presentation:
WS: Working on texts
Short abstract of the presentation:
The main aim of this workshop is to enable students to explore ways in which the close analysis of media texts can be incorporated into a more broadly based research investigation.
Students will be required to imagine that they are embarking on a piece of extended research on a topic that will be specified. They will be informed about the broader objectives of the envisaged research and will then watch a short clip (probably the first 5-10 minutes of a documentary) , on which the textual analysis will be carried out.
Having at this stage divided into individual groups (5-6 students in each group), they will be invited to
a) Consider the strategies and techniques that can be most productively employed in analysing this piece of text and
b) Suggest what other kinds of activity and inquiry will be needed to complement textual analysis in pursuing the broader objectives of the research.
Spokespersons will report on the findings of each group. There will also be an opportunity to discuss what particular ‘mix’ of methods is appropriate when carrying out different kinds of research.
Short biography:
Richard Kilborn
Richard Kilborn works in the Department of Film and Media Studies at the University of Stirling. He is also a member of the Stirling Media Research Institute. He has taught at the Universities of Munich and Klagenfurt, as well as being a Visiting Professor at Northwestern University (Chicago).
His major research interests have been in film and television documentary and in developments in television drama. Major book publications include: The MultiMedia Melting Pot (Comedia, 1985), Television Soaps (Batsford, 1992), Confronting Reality: An Introduction to Television Documentary (Manchester University Press, 1997) and Staging the Real: Factual TV Programming in the Age of Big Brother (Manchester University Press, 2003).
Richard has made a particular point of keeping track with developments in the broadcasting industry and much of his work has focussed on how the rapidly changing broadcasting environment has impacted on the style and content of factual/documentary TV programming. He is currently working on a new book with the title Taking the long view: a study of longitudinal documentary.